Combination traveler s case or valise



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A. J. NILSEN.

COMBINATION TRAVELEES CASE 0R VALISE.

No. 469,342. Patented Feb. 23, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE; i

ANTON .I. NILSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINATION TRAVELERS CASE OR VAL|SE.

SPECIFICATION forming. part of Letters Patent No. 469,342, datedFebruary 23, 1 892.

Application filed August 28,1891. Serial No. 404,020. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANTON J. NILSEN, aoitizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combination TravelersCases or Valises, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to a novel improvement of a combination article;and it consists of a travelers valise constructed to be used asadressing-case or as a bench to sit on and provided with spaciouscompartments for carrying divers articles.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a closedtravelers valise or case of common size and form. Fig. 2 represents thesame when opened and used for a dressing-case, the legs turned inside;Fig. 3 shows the case open, with turned-down legs in position when usedas abench to rest on the same. Fig. 4 shows a top view of the case,exposing, partially, interior arrangements. Fig. 5 is a longitudinalsection on line was of Fig. 4 and in reversed position as shown in Fig.3, and Fig.6 is a transverse section on line y y. Fig. 7 shows indetail, on enlarged scale and partially in section, one of the legssituated on the middle portion of the open case. Fig. 8 is a side Viewrelating to the lower part of the foregoing one. Fig. 9 shows inperspective view one of the corner-leg-fastening devices, and Fig. 10 isa'front View of the lower portion of one of the corner legs.

The combination travelers case or valise, as represented in Figs. 1, 2,and 3 of the accompanying drawings, consists of two equalsized separatecaskets or chests a Z), made of suitable light material for easycarrying, and the same are hinged together at their rear ends to beopened and locked in the front. Each of the caskets is insidelongitudinally divided into several compartments and pro- Vided withmovable corner legs f f, which when not in use are concealed in thefitting side apartments 0 e, reserved for that purpose. The larger space01 between the apartments 0 and e is especially adapted for carryingdivers articles and covered with a lid h, hinged to the frame of thechests for opening and closing and keeping the contents in safecondition when the caskets or chests are turned upside down. In additionto the above-said corner legs a pair of center legs 70 Z are introducedto support the hinged caskets or chests of the Valise or case whenopened in full length. To keep the corner legs when brought in uprightposition firm in place, a supporting- .piece of angle-iron B, as shownin Fig. 9, with a round hole 19 atthe lower portion of the front end anda projecting top piece m, with a notch n, is securedly fastened to eachof the front corners of the chests. Said legs are preferably of iron,hollow inside, and provided with a sidewise-projecting flat spring 0,which fits into the notch when the legs are raised. The same are mountedwith tops a at their lower end and by pairs connected with their upperpart to the square end portions q q of a transverse-running iron rod g,situated in front near the bottom of the chests, the extreme ends of therod passing through the holes 19 p of the angle-irons to keep the samein secured position and permit turning the legs into their respectivespace and to remain there in horizontal position when not in use. Theupper ends of the legs present a flat surface t and are provided with aslot 3, in size to slide fittingly on the square portion (1 of the rodfor the purpose to adjust itself, resting with the said flat surfaceagainst the bottom of .the chests when the same are used as a bench, asshown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The center legs 70 Z are of samediameter and material as the corner legs, but shorter in length, andtheir upper bellshaped ends i, with sidewise-projecting flanges j j,rest on top of the joined rear parts rr of the chests frame. The bolt1/. of the hinges, which keeps the same together, is connected at oneend to a wedgeshaped piece of iron 1: in rectangular position andprojects a short distance up into the hollow space of the leg to keepthe same in upright position, by means of a stout spiral spring S,attached to the said wedge at one end, while the other end w is fastenedto the leg, which arrangement couples the legs with the hinges andadmits turning thesame in right or left side direction down into thecompartments of the chests, designated purposely for concealing the samewhen not used or the valise folded together.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings the valise is shown half opened and used as anapparatus repre sentingadressing-case,with a mirrorD hinged with itsupper part to the recessed lid'h of the top casket or chest a andresting in an inclined position with its lower end on the lid h, whichcovers the space (Z of the bottom chest I) of the valise.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a combinationtravelers valise consisting of a pair of caskets or chests a b, the samehinged together and internally divided lengthwise into side and middlecompartments, the former ones a c and e e containing movable corner legsf f and f f and the latter d d provided with lids h and it, one of whichbeing recessed and bearing a hinged mirror, substantially as shownand'described.

2. In a combination travelers Valise, the hinged caskets or chestshaving internally-divided apartments 0 e, the same provided each with anangle-iron B, the same having a top piece m, with a notch n, andprovided with a hole p, said chests containing an iron rod g, withsquare end portions q q, in connection with corner legs f f the samehaving a slotted top end with flat surface If and provided with tops a'and'with a spring 0, substantially as shown, and for the purposedescribed.

3. In a combination travelers valise consisting of a pair of chests a b,with sideapartments 0 6, said chests connected together with hinges, thebolt u of the same bearing a wedge 1'), in connection with a spiralspring S, the same and the said bolt combined with a movable center legis Z, with bell-shaped top end i and flanges jj, substantially as shown,and for the purpose described.

4:. In a combination travelers vallse con sisting of a pair of chests a19, divided internally into longitudinal sides and middle compartmentsprovided with movable corner legs ff and center legs 70 Z, the samearranged in position to be turned in full length into their relativeside compartments 0 e, the middle space at d of the chests being coveredby movable lids h it, one of the same bearing a mirror, said chestsbeingconnectedtogether by hinges, the bolt a of the same bearing a wedge 12in connection with a coiled spring, combined with the center legs,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ANTON J. NILSEN.

Vitnesses:

FRED. ARTos, P. THIELE.

